Kayaking

Credit: Rebecca A.
Credit: Rebecca A.

The MYC Kayaking program organizes approximately six to eight kayak paddles each summer in the bays, ponds, rivers, and streams of Cape Cod. Rich Simpson and Mark McManus lead the group, but others in the group take charge of leading individual paddles, researching tides and routes and leading the group on the water.

 

Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs, i.e. life-vests) are required equipment. The trips are typically 3 to 5 miles and a couple of hours in duration, with a mid-paddle stop for a rest and snack. The schedule is publicized club-wide, but you need to be on the MYC Kayaking email list (myc.kayaking@gmail.com) to receive last-minute notices of changes or cancellations due to wind or weather. The group does easy to easy-intermediate paddles, and only when the weather and wind forecast is very good.

 

Some of the group's past kayak trips are posted on the Past Kayak Trips page, for the benefit of club members who want to do these trips on their own.

 

2023 Kayak Adventures

Date                            Rain Date                 Excursion                     Leader

 

Jun 7 @ 10AM      June 14 @ 10AM           Brewster Ponds            Tichenor

Jun 15 @ 9:30      Jun 16 @ 10:30             Sulphur Springs            Kyle

Jun 28 @ 9:30                                                        Meetinghouse/Areys      Lorefice

June 26 @ 9:30                                                      Kayaking Intro                Simpson

July 6 @10:30      July 7 @ 10AM               Herring River                     Fields

July 12 @9:30     July 13@10:30               Muddy Creek                     McManus

Jul 24@9:30       Aug 22 @ 9:30                Swan River                         Fortin

Aug 3 @ 9:30   CANCELLED                         Sipson Island                    Clark/Simpson

Aug 10 @ 9:00                                                        Meetinghouse/Areys      Lorefice

Aug 17 @ 9:30                                                         Crow's Pond

Aug 29 @ 10:30   POSTPONED                Nauset Marsh                    Koch

Sep 8 @ 10AM       Sep 8 @ 10AM             Long Pond/Harwich     Inglin/Mellea

Sept 13 @11AM      Sep 18 @2PM              Chase Garden Creek      Benjamin